Links to Finnish nature and biodiversity
In the web service of the environmental administration:
Nature conservation
State of the environment
Information on nature and biodiversity:
LUMONET (Finnish Clearing House Mechanism of the UN Convention on Biodiversity)
Biodiversity.fi
Naturegate
GBIF in Finland (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
NGOs:
WWF Finland
Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Natur och miljö rf.
Birdlife Finland
Institutions:
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Metsähallitus: Natural Heritage
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Finnish Forest Research Institute
Finnish Institute of Marine Research-The Baltic Sea Portal
Statistics Finland: environment and natural resources
International environmental conventions:
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity
CITES, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
The Ramsar Convention, Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat
The Bern Convention, Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
The Bonn Convention, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Convention on the protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area
The OSPAR Convention, Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
The European Landscape Convention
The Aarhus Convention, Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
International organisations and sources of information:
IUCN, The World Conservation Union
Countdown 2010
WWF International
Birdlife International
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
CAFF, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
The Arctic Council
AMAP, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
Green Facts
Eionet, European Environment Information and Observation Network
EC CHM, European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism
Nordic Gene Resource Centre
NOBANIS, The North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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